Wi Sung-lac, head of the Office of National Security, said on the 6th regarding discussions on building conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines that "we intend to push a plan to build them in Korea."
Wi said at the National Assembly's Steering Committee audit that day, "Investing in submarine facilities at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the United States is not realistic," adding the above.
He went on to stress, "We are not pursuing the U.S. Virginia-class submarines but affordable submarines that meet our needs," and "we will pursue nuclear-powered submarines with good utility for the expense."
Wi also, when asked about the government's position on the so-called "two-state theory," said, "The government's position is that inter-Korean relations are a provisional special relationship," adding, "We do not agree with the two-state theory."